Meet the Blacks

2016

Action / Comedy / Horror

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 17% · 12 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 72% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.8/10 10 37831 37.8K

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Plot summary

As Carl Black gets the opportunity to move his family out of Chicago in hope of a better life, their arrival in Beverly Hills is timed with that city's annual purge, where all crime is legal for twelve hours.


Uploaded by: FREEMAN
July 23, 2016 at 03:48 AM

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Zulay Henao as Lorena
Tyrin Turner as Big Head Rico
Snoop Dogg as Todd
Charlie Murphy as Key Flo
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Platypuschow 2 / 10

Meet the Blacks: I'm in awe how bad this is

As Carl gets the opportunity to move his family out of Chicago in hope of a better life, their arrival in Beverly Hills is timed with that city's annual purge, where all crime is legal for twelve hours.

Cast

The consistently obnoxious Mike Epps leads while he get cameo appearance from the even less funny George Lopez and Perez Hilton.

Mike Tyson also makes an appearance, for some reason.

Verdict

I don't know quite why but I went in with fairly high hopes, I thought it could have made for a goofy likable comedy and as a person very picky when it comes to comedy I really hoped I was right.

Within 2 minutes I knew I was sorely wrong, every single joke had missed its mark, the film felt weirdly cheap, the protagonist was a poor excuse for a human being with a deeply annoying family and a certain unpleasant word had been used 50 odd times already.

It's hard to call it a comedy because it's offensively unfunny but it clearly was intended, the trouble is the "Humor" and I couldn't use that word any more loosely is just not funny in the slightest.

And this got a sequel? Standards for comedy have just flatlined really haven't they!

Rants

I've got a chip on my shoulder when it comes to good guys who are you know, not. Cheaters, liars, thieves etc and this is another example. The guy is a thief who has stolen money, drugs and screwed over everyone he's ever done business with. Why am I rooting for this guy exactly? Him, his equally bad newly out of prison cousin or his pretend vampire son? Awful characters.

Breakdown

Looks and feels oddly cheap Simply not funny Dreadful characters Certain words are used excessively Bad cast.

Reviewed by zardoz-13 4 / 10

A Half-Baked "Purge" Parody

Freshman scenarist Nicole DeMasi and "Supremacy" director Deon Taylor do an adequate job of sending up the vigilante franchise of "The Purge" movies with their parody "Meet the Blacks," starring Mike Epps, Mike Tyson, and George Lopez. Mike Epps plays Carl Black, a wiring installation expert from Chicago, who steals an African-American gangsta's cash and stash and then moves his family out to live in a mansion in Beverly Hills. Clearly, Demasi and Taylor must have been thinking of vintage CBS-TV series "The Beverly Hillbillies" when they came up with his adaptation. It seems that Carl was in a gangsta's house when the police raided and arrested Key Flo (Charlie Murphy of "Norbit") and he got away not only undetected but also with Flo's dough. Initially, the black security guard refuses to let Carl drive onto the premises, but he relents when Carl threatens him. Carl has moved to Los Angeles with his new Latino wife Lorena (Zulay Henao of "Takers"), his teenage daughter Allie (Bresha Webb of "Ride Along 2"), his son Carl Junior (Alex Henderson of "Creed"), and former prison inmate Cronut (Li Duval of "Scary Movie 5"). What none of Carl's family know is that Carl stole the cash from Key Flo. Furthermore, just about everybody that Carl cheated in Chicago has migrated to Los Angeles to exact what he owes them. The punchline of "Meet the Blacks" is Carl gets off scot-free because when they break into his mansion, they do it on Purge night. Mind you, Carl has no idea what The Purge is all about despite what he learns from his family so he believes that he is safely tucked away in Beverly Hills and nobody will find him. Mike Epps is at his hilarious best as Carl Black, but legendary heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson looks and sounds like a buffoon. This lowest common denominator comedy has a few laughs, and you can count them on one hand. Nevertheless, the set-up and the execution is adequately done. The Nicole DeMasi & Deon Taylor screenplay will keep you smiling with its clichés about African-Americans in Beverly Hills and traditional slang-riddled dialogue. George Lopez has a clever cameo as a Hispanic U.S. President with the punny name El Bama. Of course, "Meet the Blacks" could have been far funnier, but it isn't too embarrassing as knock-offs go.

Reviewed by kosmasp 4 / 10

Fun Purging

No scary movies anymore? Sound fine, but I reckon we get this instead. And while it does have to say something about racism in America (yes still a thing), it also gets repetitive and sort of boring in its attempts to make fun of the Purge series. The Purge is now so over the top, it should be easy to make fun of it.

Way easier than what we see here and while there are some fun ideas thrown at you, not many stick (pun intended). There are a lot of guest appearances, one in particular by Charlie Murphy, that might be uncomfortable for some to watch, considering the fact he recently passed away. But those feelings aside, it does not really have the quality to entertain fully as it could

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